Don't be Intimidated by Others' Judgement

Judgements
Dream Variations by Langston Hughes


To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me-
That is my dream!


To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening...
A tall, slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.


"Dream Variations," by Langston Hues represents judgement, and how it can fade into the background if thrown away into the back of the brain. This is precisely what the man in the poem has done. He lives his life carefree, and cares not for the complications of the lives and impressions of others. This poem is the story of a black man in a white man's world, and how he learns to live with them, yet not near them at all. During the day, he lives in the white man's world, and enjoys every moment of it, as he does not see nor acknowledge those around him. And during the night, he settles into the darkness around him, and enjoys the undisturbed silence of the night. "Dream Variations," is an exemplary model of a carefree life, and how, in your mind, it neutralizes judgement. Judgement may never be eliminated, however, even if it is so, we can learn to ignore it, and to live our own lives in a peaceful, joyous manner.

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